Apr
2008
Articles from 5th Apr 2008
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Efforts ensure special places have a future
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
Environment Editor Tony Henderson on the scale of the task to tackle flood risk. Read
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Readers on marks for famous night
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
THREE lucky Journal readers are to attend a gala star-studded evening on Monday – the Bupa Great North Run Hall of Fame Charity Dinner. Read
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Getting our Act together
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A COUNCIL could possibly use legal powers to crack down on untidy homeowners and landlords. Read
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Tesco's plan back in the melting pot
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
COMMUNITIES Secretary Hazel Blears has agreed to look again at her decision to allow Tesco to open a store in a Northumberland town, following an appeal from a rival. Read
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Students champion their local parks in quest for £2.8m grant
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
STUDENTS yesterday celebrated their role in an attempt to win funding for £7m plans to restore three linked park areas. Read
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Romans started quarrying
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A FAVOURITE stretch of coastline on the doorsteps of thousands of people celebrated its 21st anniversary yesterday as a specially protected and cherished area. Read
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Toon win for the racetrack wizard
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
THE man who transformed the fortunes of Newcastle Racecourse is now hoping to repeat that success at St James’s Park. Read
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Gift will help girl suffering rare disorder
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A LITTLE girl diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder has been offered fresh hope to help her senses develop. Read
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Real ale festival started quietly
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
THIS week, real ale lovers from all over the country have been enjoying 120 ales from 69 regional breweries in the 32nd annual Newcastle Beer Festival. Read
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Students work as roof burns
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A BLAZE ripped through the roof of an adult education centre yesterday. More than 40 firefighters were called to the Brinkburn Centre – the old Byker Library – in Commercial Road, in Newcastle’s East End. Read
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Lottery win timely ahead of wedding
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A STAND-UP comic and his wife-to-be have been given a timely boost weeks before their wedding in the shape of a £25,000 Postcode Lottery win. Read
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Airline blunder as father is told of child’s death
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A NORTH father whose family were stranded on the other side of the world was mistakenly told one of them had died by one of the world’s top airlines. Read
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Silly cycle lanes just get shorter
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
SIGHTINGS of silly cycle lanes continue to flood in to The Journal newsdesk, all vying to be the country’s shortest bicycle lane. Read
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Wheelchair man robbed
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
AN arthritis sufferer who is confined to a wheelchair was attacked on his doorstep and forced to hand over all the money in his house yesterday. Read
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Experience the wonder of blackest starlit skies
Apr 05 2008 | Today's News
A SCIENTIFIC window to the universe will open in Northumberland – under the darkest night skies in England – later this month. Read
